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MISS SMITH'S NEW ROMANCE. MR. LAMBE'S Do. Zec. &c. In a few nays will he published, in Three Vols. price t 3 s. T ALES of REAL LIFE ; forming a Sequel to The Tales of Fashionable life. • By Miss EDGEwORA H. Printed for Coburn, Public Library, Conduit-street. Of whom may be had, just published, I. The Castle of Arragon ; or, Banditti of the Forest, a Romance, by Miss Smith, 4 vols. 2os. 2. Celia Suited; or, The Rival Heiresses : comprising new Sketches of Modem Female Habits and i'vlanners, 2 vols. 125. 3. Caroline Ormsby; or, The Real Lucilla, a Tale for the Female Sex, ss. 4. Rosa in London ; by the Author of the Young Mother, 4 VOIS. 225. 5. The Mysteries of Feeney Castle, a Romance, by G. Lambe, Esq 4 vols. 2.2.5. This Day was publishes", In Two Volumes, Svo. with a Portrait, price 16s. boards, THE EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE 81R RI CHARD ST EELE ; including his familiar Lett-,rs to his Wife and Daughters ; to which. are prefixed, Fragments of Three Plays ; two of them undoubtedly Steele's, the third Luppo6ed to be Addison's. Fz.ttlitully printed from the Originais, and illustrated with' Literary and Historical Anecdotes, By (OHN NICHOLS, F. S. A. E. & h. Printed tor Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternos tei.-low. A NEW FAMILY In Twenty Monthly Parts, or One Hundred Weekly Numnbers. _ . Monday, the Ist of jaiitary,lBlo, will be published, the First Part, the whole to be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts. each Part containing at least Five Plates, to form Two very large Volumes' in Quarto ; on Royal Paper, at s. each Part; on Demy, or sin..ller Paper, at 7s. each Part; or on Connnou Demy Paper, without the Plates, at Ss. each Part. 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The Notes by the Rev. 1011 N H 14W L ETT, B. D. Morning Preacher at the Foundling Hospital, Letiurcr of the United Parishes of St. Vedast- Foster, and St. Michael Le-Quern. In addition to the present Tcxt, which will not in arty case be altered, this Work will contain--t. All the various Reading , that materially alter or alkd the sense.-2. A' Reference to Parallel and Corresponding Passages.--3. A shorn lntroduelion to every Book..—And 4. A Series of Criti cal and Explanatory Notes, partly original, but chiefly com piled from the best Commentators of every age. Printed for Richard Phillips, No. 6, Bridge-street, and to to had of Booksellers and Newsmen. "CAntZ, Nov. 26.—Intelligence has been receiv ed of the defeat and diTersion of the army of La Mancha, under Aresaga, an army well appointed, ammounting to 5,000 men, furnished with every requisite, and which had required five months to col lect and discipline, at an enormous expense. Are saga on taking the command in his first general orders informed the army, that now he was their leader, he would soon put them in possession of Nladrid, and expel every Frenchman from Spain— in short, that he would lead them to victory, or never return with defeat. With these high promiaes he advanced towards Ocaua, an ,1 thence"to Aranmez.— .This was exactly the plan the French wished him to pursue, the toil to which they enticed him, and of which Lord 'Wellington was well aware, as his Lordship had in the strongest term; forewarned the Junta of what would certainly happen. " The French forces crossing at Toledo took • Aresaga's army in the rear, completely defeated one division, at d, dispersed the rest. The rapidity of their flight you will easily judge of by inspecting the map, for the Spaniards passed the Guadiana; and fixed upon Daymiel and another neighbouring town, MAILS. ARIL IV ZD—t Lisbon, I Dublin. Dtlz-4 Gotienburgli, 3 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY 6T TWELVE. O'CLOCK. Consols THE SU N. as the places of rendezvous for those who should escape. There is one consolation, however, which is, that the Marquis Rowana is immediately to take the command of that army, and with his known ulepce and skill ; a similar reverse will be guarded against in future." " CADIZ, Nov. 23, 1809.—General \remise who was formerly Governor of Cadiz, has within the. last ten days, been appointed to the command of the army of La Mancha. It was generally sup posed, from, from his great attachment to the Eng lish; that he would have been appointed to a diplo matic situation in England‘; but his abilities were considered too great to be lust to the kingdom, by even a temporary absence." SOLAM 21.1:5 DlCiitt FALSVM ALTDILAT ? L 0 ND 0 N, sAfunDAY, DEL:EMBER In, 1809. We communicated yesterday to our readers the unplea;ant intelligence of the defeat of the Spanish army of La Mancha, under the command of Gene ral ARESAGA. The account was brought by the Kangaroo, and we are sorry so say that some of the Letters represent the defeat as amounting to little less than the total annihilation of the Spanish army. We are, however, not without strung hopes that it will ultimately turn out, that the loss of the Spaniards has not bee❑ so great, nor their defeat so de cisive as' was at first supposed. The Letter from Gen . AR EiAGA, which we subjoin, certainly does not war 7 rant the inference that the Spanish army has been annihilated, or even totally routed ; but that they bave su,tained a severe defeat, we fear is beyond a doubt. We have.repeatedly expressed our wishes that the Spaniards would avoid general aetions with the French, and confine themselves to that desultory mode of warfare, which would destroy the French army in detail, without affording it any opportunity for the display of its superior taaics in the field. 'But though we lament the issue of this battle, it is tar from exciting in us any thing like ,a feeling of despndency. The Spaniards appear to us to be re covering their ancient energy, and if they do, twenty such defeats would not subjea them to the power of their treacherous Invader. Our hopes that the disaster of the Spaniards has been magnified are -strengthened by the Portuguese . rapers which we received this morning, Which' mention the defeat of the Spanish army, but add, that it was by no means of a decisive nature. The following Letters have been received upon the subjea 4ccounts from Walcheren, dated the 13th inst. were received this day, stating, that the destruClion of the batteries, arsenal, &c. &c. had been complete- ly effeEted. The explosion of the arsenal in parti cular, constituted a most splendid speCiacle, and the enemy had the mortification of beholding it . , from South Berland and Cadsand, without the, least power of impeding the operation, or of annoying us in the execution of it. TgoD,; THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRA. lANARY, OF THE z3d NOVEMBER. Two dispatches have just been received from the Gr.meraL Don Juan Carlos de Areizaga, dated 19th and 20th, in Turleque and Daimiel, both of which arrived at the same time. " In the first he states, that the enemy having at. 00;0 our army in the centre and on the flanks, at (Deana, but making their principal effort against our T i g ht, with a view to turn it, an obstinate resistance n a le for three hours, when they were repulsed by the division of the gallant Brigadier Lacy ; but the &uperiority of the enemy's artillery caused a dis_ perjoo ; which obltecl our artily to retreat under coyfr glour vanguard, and Oth that our Our troops had all embarked on Saturday, and were to sail with the first fair wind after Wednesday last. We regret to add, that twenty transports were driven on shore by severe weather, some of which, it is feared, Will be lost, but none of our countrymen were taken by the enemy. It is with the deepest regret that we communi cate to our Readers the following intelligence, which was this morning - announced at Lt.osi4o's :- 4 4 The Hussar frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. SKEINC, is lost in the Channel-r-only three men saved.". lobs is cons:derable, but the enemy's not less so, as gAVAL MEWS. he was repulsed several times by our infantry, and ! • • the brisk fire of the artillery. PCRTSMOUTH, DEC. 15. , --Came in this day his " The Dispatch of the loth is as follows : 'Majtstyl brig Escort, from Guernsey, with the loss EACELLaNT SEIGNEUR, of her . rudder (supposed to have been on shore.) I armtd here this night, and to-morrow I shall We experienced a very heavy gale of wind here proceed to Santa Cruz, where I have directed the in last night from the S.W. but the greatest part of the fantry should join ; and the cavalry of this dispersed fleet laying at Spithead rode out the gale without army will join in Manzanares, with the exception sustaining any injury. We are, however, sorry to of a part of the second divison, under the command ndd, that the Clarendon West Indianian, Captain of Brigalicr Dun Gaspar Bigodet, in order to check Bauce, in the gale drove with two anchors a-head, the enemy (whose advance posts have t hisday reached and unfortunately went on shore off the Kicker, and Madridejos, and of whose main body I know nothing), it is supposed, will be obliged to come into harbour not to permit his drawing near the Sierra Morena, to discharge. and to preserve my supplies from La Mancha. Then The Royalist transport drove on shore on South should- it be possible for me, I will give your Sea Beach, and has six feet water in her hold. cellency an account of our loss. I can, however, in Caine into the harbour a brig with the loss of her the mean time, inform your Excellency,l that it has been very considerable in good Generals and Officers, which is the best proof that these hove distinguished themselves on this occasion with the greatest honour; following the example of the Generals of Divisions, who have given proofs of their skill in their good dispositions, and of their characteristic intrepidity. " Goa preserve your Excellency. (Signed) " JUAN CARLOS Di. AREIZAGA." " Head- quarters, Daimiel, Nov. 20, 149." bowsprit. DEAL, Dec. 15.—We have experienced another dreadful gale from the southward : early this morn ing we discovered one ship on the Goodwin Sand on her broadside, two on the' Break, and five on the Flats, and several in the Downs, with the loss of anchors and cables, and other damage ; one ship on the Flats is the Kingston, WARbi% for Jamaica ; the ship on the Goodwin Sands is. a foreigner, two men drowned. Three.ships in the Downs have lost their bowsprits, fore and mainmasts; an American ship sank in the Downs—crew saved by the Deal boats. Several ships cut and ran for Ramsgate. YARMOUTH, DEC. 15.—The gale last night was heavy indeed ; much damage has , been done here, and all along the coast. The Camilla, STRV ENS, and two other collier*, loadel, are on shore near the South Battery. Tlie crews were saved by the new invention of captain- MANB i—the second ‘ shot fired threw the line across one of the ships, by w hich they drew the slide boat on board, got into her, and were hauled to laud. The Milbourne is on shore near the Battery, with the loss of her foremast and bowsprit, crew saved; the Success, HURTER, is on shore, crew saved.- FALMOUTH, Dec. 3 3.—Arrived the Princess Char lotte packet, in 10 days, from Lisbon. 1::0VER, DEC. 15.—At day-light this morning, WC discovered his Majesty's gnn-brig Defender on shore on the Cock Point, near Fulkstone ; her masts and rigging are cut away ; no hopes of geting her off; crew all saved. SHEERNESS, DEC. 14.—Carne down from Chat ham and anchored at the Great Nore, his Majesty's ship Owen (Wend°Wen „.. Airived his Majesty's gun-brig Furious, with French prisoners from the Dawns. SHEERNESS, DEC; 15.—Sailed his Majesty's brig Furious for the Do 'N us. HERRING FISHERY. The herring fishery at Yarmouth having been more produtlive the last season, than ever known at any former period, the following account of the Mode in which the said fishery is carried on may not be unacceptable to our readers. The number of boats sent to Yarmouth from the Yorkshire coast, was 40, viz. 15 from Staiths-5 from Runswick.- 5 from Robin Hood's Bay-3 from Scarborough-8 from Filey—and 4 from Flamboroug!,.• The Funds yesterday experienced "a arise, in con sequence of a rumour of the French Governmen lia.Ong made propOsitions for Peace. We have the strongest reasons to believe, that there is no founda tion whatever for-the-repol't. It may prove gratifying to the relatives of the crew of the late Agamemnon man of war; lost in the Rio de la Plata, to know that they are all well ; and that the seamen forming the starboard watch are sent on board the Foudroynnt, and those of the larboard watch divided between the Bedford and E/Izateilt men of war on the Brazil station. The commission and warrant officers have returned to England. INDIA-Honsz.—Yesterday a Court of Directors,. was -held, when the undermentioned Captains were sworn into to the command of their respeaive ships, viz. Capt. Hay, of the Sir Stephen Luillington, for Bombay direct. Capt. W. Nesbitt, of the Iludclart; Capt. Franklin, of the Northumberland; Capt. P. Herbert, of the Euphrates-,--Madras and Bengal.— The Court adjourned at eight o'clock till Tuesday npct, PORTUGUESE PAPERS: LISBON, Dec. 2.—Some days ago, intelligenoe - was received in this capital, of an a6tion having t aken place between the Spanish and French armies, and at the beginning, the loss of the allies was re presented to have been very severe, without any do' cuments being produced which proved the authen ticity of it. But it is now known that the Spanish army, without sustaining any great loss, was obliged to retreat, but the enemy suffered most severely," particularly from the weti-di retied fire of the Spanish artillery. Neither the army of the Duke Er. PARQUE, nor the division of the Duke of "ALBU' QUEEQUE, bad a share in the anion. The allied army had completely rallied, and another engage ment was expe&ed.—(Lisbon Diary, Dec. 2.) A letter from Caceres of the 15th Nov. has the following passage :—" The English army continues in Badajoz and its environs." LISBON, DEC. I.—We have the satisfaction to in form the public that the reverse of fortune ex.- perienCed by the army of La Mancha is not so cola' siderable as was at first represented.• The Spanish artillery made a dreadful havock among the French, whose loss is very great ; General PARIS is among the killed. The loss in prisoners is far less con' siderable on the part of the Spanish arroY . than it would be in another Nation less 'at tached to its native land, because they 2 11 re-joined their different corps. This event pro' tracti, but alters not the ultimate results of Our triumphs.—Did not the Spaniards lose the battles of Medellin, and along with it all Estremadura, and yet a short time after they rendered themselves mas ters of that province, without any pitched battle. Did they not lose the battles of Ciudad Real, and Almonacid, and in consequence thereof La Mancha, and yet they re-took La Mancha •? DiJ they not loss the battle of Ucles, and are they not at present rn 4ls. tern of the whole track of ground which stretcl 3 ° from Cuenta through Ucles, to the Tagus ? CACERBS, Nov. 15.—Our armies fight braveli; that of La Mancha advances to Ocana, having toke n prisoners 420 French dragoons, about the sam e number of infantry, and killed more than 200 , That army consists of 43,000 infantry, and 60 0 cavalry. Every thing goes on well, and the enemy will be found to acknowledge that the Spaniards, ever brave and warlike, will.not submit to the yO O of slavery with indifference. The' army we have on the left of the Tao 3 making preparations to attack the enemy. Lisauti, Nott.24.—By letters from Badajos, we that the Spanish Government h.._^...1.0 04 levy of 150,000 tnen.- OREAJA DE LOS MOiTES, Nov. Don 'VENTURA XLMENES has arrived here, with A French Colonel and three soldiers, whom he ‘ 113 " prisoners a few days since between Mora and AP' pin. The value of the booty he took on this occa siQn is estimated at 300,000 teals. On the gthin st. VICTOR entered Toledo, and set out on the day fol lowing for Madrid. While he was in that city.ho sent off 14 Couriers. A number of troops of this division are on . their march for Aranjuez, having left 6000 men in Agopin, Nambroca, and and' five companies at Toledo. Nov. 1 s.—The en emy "-concentrated near veiga de Toledo, expect the I.roopsfrom Talavera on evening of the 13th it is said it will march t . " Valdemoro, for which place Vtcroa set out' tha t morning. A great battle was expe&ed. These boats admeasure from 50 to 60 tons,, are lugger-rigged, and manned with 6 men, includingt he Master, who is generally the owner, and a boy:— They were formerly construeled without a deck, and it was long before many of the old fishermen could so far overcome their. prejudices in favour of the former practice., as to adopt a measure calculated to contribute not less to the strength of their 'vessels, than to the comfort and security of the people on board. . Fetch of the men, exclusive of the owner, con tributes his proportion of nets, called a dole, con sisting of twenty-four, making one . hundred and twenty for each boat. The period of the fishery is I . . .. comprised between the 25th S e pt. an d tee Ist o f ! It now appears that Caroline Wilcox, whose case November; during the first half of this ecriod, the excited so tench comiseration when examieed at people drive in the night, with one half_of the nets; Bust-street re, eealing the robbery of her boodle, is these ale exchanged for the remaining half, which an artful : impesi or. According to the'account given had been left on shore, and which are used till the by Captain Dulling,, late of • the• Beegle, (not Capt, conclusion of. the fishery. . Nel.vcoinbe, now of that st u t'. as she asserted) a per- The boats employed the last season caught upon t"on answering her , descriptive eeme Q n boat d the an average 35 lasts' of herrings, (a last containing iieagle, at Sheerness, the tatter . e,d. of September, 10,000); for which they were allowed by the mer- andlived for 'about six weeks with a seereem of the. chants 91. 105. per last, which, with 801. a clouceur name of Magnus-Henderson. She was put ee shore to the owner of the boat, called steerage-money, at ifede w! en-the ship was ordered to sea, andereilee'' makes a total of 4101. per boat. - - nus Henderson then gave her, as be thinks abOe c This sum,with the exceptionotthelteerage money, five pounds.: She has a sore on one of her leg 6, is divided into six shares , one called the boat ' s share which • she endeavoured to make the public be" is appropriated to the owner, the rest distributed lieve was the consequence of a wound received it' among the people. 1 the late, expedition to the Scheldt, where she never The departure of these•boats for the fishery is ce-. • was in - her life. The Magistrates at Bow-street lebrated as a period of festivity by the parties con- have. given' notice,. that the money extorted froal cerned, with their friends, at the respeative.. pieces , the. feelings of the humane public, by her misrepre whence they sail. .. : . ; ,sentations, will be restored to the donors on apply' • . . • ing at the public Office. • -Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the F0.; . , [ Yesterday se'nnight an accident, rendered exfie e reign O ffi ce : there were present the Loeb 'CHAN- !, ordinary by being . unattended e ith fatal conse e CRLLOR, the Marquis Of WELESLEY, the. Earls of ••quettces, - happened at Laxton-Hall, near Staentord• LtvERPOOL,BeTHUesT;OI3ATHAM, WESTMORIAIsitt; A 'then named John Block, a Carpenter, being a t 'and HARROWBY'; Lord MULGRAVE, the CHANCEL f work on the roof of the house, which is one of tie Loa of the Es:exec:lima, Mr. Secretary RIDER,' and highest perhaps for 50 miles round, by some acct' Mr. R. S. DUNDAS• , •i dent lest . ,his footing and tell- to -The' ground. -I The fair interpretation of that passage in BuoNA: . ! n:10 '." - sti.lnned by the fall, but, although the d' - PaßTß's speech which relates to Tuscany is, ihit i sceet,W*4.least 60 feet, was no other wise h'r e t ai its people are of an amiable character, and have ! thaii - . :ia:qtie received some- severe bruses. 0 . always been friendly to France , they are deemed I" numherLof e large pieces of timber were lying 014- worthy of the honour of being fbr ever auneled he I perseir4, on the lawn into which-he tele; but t et:car slavioh dependence on that cetlittry, : i ing tleila all, ht: 4,010 on the gte,s. Our advanced parties on the, side of Toledo are at Aknon - acid and Namnroca, CADIZ, Nov. 17.—0 n the 14th inst. arrived here in the evening, his Excellency DOD FRANCISCO VE'" NIGAS, who is appointed Civil and Military Gover nor,ot: this city.